Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh assembly elections will be held on time only, its indication has been given by Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra, who visited UP. The Commission said that for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections (2022 UP Assembly elections), all the parties have demanded to hold elections on time. After reviewing the preparations for the UP elections, Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra said in a press conference that representatives of all political parties met us and told us that following all the Corona protocols, the assembly was on time. Elections should be held.
After reviewing for three days, holding a press conference, the Election Commission said that the final voter list will come on January 5. The number of new voters and women voters has increased by 52 percent in Uttar Pradesh. All political parties are in favor of timely elections. Let us tell you that the assembly elections are to be held between February-March next year.
Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra was accompanied by a team of 13 officers of the Election Commission including Anoop Chandra Pandey, Umesh Sinha, Rajiv Kumar, and other officers of the Commission. The Election Commission has held several meetings in the last two days. Let us tell you that the term of the government is ending on 14 May 2022. The number of assembly seats in UP is 403. The Election Commission gave the details of the UP tour in the press conference and said that on the first day all the political parties of UP were met and the commission took cognizance of the points made by the political parties. The commission met the district magistrates, commissioners, top police officers of all 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh and informed all those officers about the law and order of their districts.
The Election Commission said that voter registration in UP is going on till January 5. The final electoral roll will be published on January 5. This time the number of voters in Uttar Pradesh is more than 15 crores. The commission said that people can enroll their names even after the electoral rolls are published. This time 52.8 lakh new voters have been added. It said that voters who are turning 18 on January 2022 must register themselves.
Important points of the press conference of the Election Commission:
- All important points related to voter awareness and security were discussed
- Discussions were held with all the departments including GST, Enforcement Directorate
- Principal Secretary DG Police has also met Health Secretary
- Representatives of all political parties said that elections should be held on time by following the Kovid-19 protocol
- Some political parties also mentioned the violation of Corona in rallies
- Spoke of adequate arrangement of women police personnel at polling booths
- Political parties also complained about the biased attitude of the administration
- Some political parties also mentioned about banning the rallies of their parties.
- Also expressed concern over hate speech and paid news in rallies
- The Election Commission of India has discussed all the points of political parties
What else did the commission say
- Voters above 80 years and differently abled will be allowed to vote through ballot paper sitting at home
- All facilities related to voting should be made available at all polling booths.
- UP’s 800 polling booths will be such where all employees will be women
- Election Commission is taking a big step in terms of women empowerment
- Voters will be able to vote through 11 types of identity cards
- The entire election of Uttar Pradesh will be done through EVM VVPAT only.
- Webcasting will be done at 1 lakh polling booths in UP
- The commission is trying to increase the voting percentage
- In UP, 86% people have got the first dose and 49% people have taken both the doses.
- All the officers on duty at the polling booth will be 100% vaccinated
- Polling time will be extended by one hour
- People will be able to vote from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
- There will be transfer of officers frozen in one place for 3 years
- Vigilance will be used to monitor election irregularities through C Vigil App.
- People of criminal image will have to give information about themselves through newspapers and TV before contesting elections.
- You have to tell the public about the cases registered against you.
